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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Subject: Is God omnipotent? |
Bible Note: Dear LGC, "The reason God gave them a spirit of stupor and blind eyes and deaf ears was because of thier unbelief." If I follow your logic, the Jews DID NOT believe, and as a consequence of their not believing God sent "a spirit of stupor, eyes to see not ears to hear not" which insured that they COULD NOT believe. I have been reading Rom 11, as you suggested, but your explanation is not yet clear to me. V.1: Paul states that God has not rejected His people, and he proves it by alling attention his own faith in Christ. V.2 : He says God's people are those whom God foreknew. V. 3-5 : He further points out that the foreknown ones are not Israel as a nation, but are a remnant of Israel which God has kept for Himself. "a remnant according to God's gracious choice." a remnant according to God's gracious choice. V.6,7: Paul shows why the Jews failed to obtain that which they sought. They pursued it by works (as many today do as well). But righteousness is not by works but by grace. He points out that those who do recieve grace are those of God's choosing. Otherwise, grace is not grace. V.8: What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened; V.9: Because the curse upon Israel (with the exception of those whom God had chosen to recieve grace) was proclaimed long before the time of Christ, those unbelieving ones are those who the curse remains on "til this very day". "Once again, it is a question of free will, " Paul seems to disagree. God Bless, John |